Co-Chairs
Andrew Gonzalez |
Maria Cecilia Londoño |
Secretariat (hosted at McGill University, Montreal, Canada)
Katie Millette |
Jean-Michel Lord |
Veronica Wrobel |
Management Committee
Responsibilities
GEO BON operations; the MC meets monthly to discuss technical and substantive issues regarding GEO BON implementation and coordination.
Composition
Includes the members of the GEO BON Secretariat, the Co-Chairs, and other Officers; 3 year terms, renewable once.
Implementation Committee
Responsibilities
The IC implements the deliverables and the implementation plan of GEO BON. It approves the annual budget and has an executive function. The IC meets by phone quarterly and in person once a year.
Composition
Those actively engaged in implementing GEO BON including all members of Management Committee, WG Leads or Task Force Leads and Leads of BON’s. New members must be confirmed by the peers in the Implementation Committee.
Advisory Board
Responsibilities
The Advisory Board meets once a year, together with the Implementation Committee, to provide strategic direction and feedback on GEO BON and helps to find funding. Members of the Advisory Board are elected by GEO BON’s management committee every 3 years and are renewable once.
Composition
Advisory board members are representatives of organizations, governments, and experts, in a geographically balanced composition as well as other influential individuals with good ties to funding.
Members:
| Name | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Neville Ash | UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) | United Kingdom |
| Patricia (Patty) Balvanera | National Autonomous University of Mexico | Mexico |
| Jillian Campbell | Secretariat for the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD) | Canada |
| Yana Gevorgyan | Group on Earth Observations (GEO) | Switzerland |
| David Harper | Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) | Canada |
| Tim Hirsch | Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) | Denmark |
| Patricia Koleff | Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO) | Mexico |
| Amy Luers | Microsoft | United States of America |
| Emily McKenzie | Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) | Global |
| Marc Paganini | European Space Agency (ESA) | Italy |
| Steven Ramage | Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) | Switzerland |
| Woody Turner | US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | United States of America |